Development Director - Monica Bucek

Monica Bucek is the Development Director for Naperville Area Humane Society. Monica received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics, with a minor in English, from Illinois College.

With over twenty years of non-profit fundraising experience, Monica brings to her position a wealth of knowledge regarding individual and corporate giving. Her previous positions include working with Junior Achievement, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis where she traveled to the greater Chicago area building relationships with alumni, parents and friends of the University.

Monica’s responsibilities include managing the fundraising and donor activities to raise awareness and financial support for NAHS. This includes the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of all annual giving, major gifts, direct mail, special events and corporate donors as well as overseeing the Partnership for Paws membership program and the Humane Heroes planned giving program.